Nanoarchaea: representatives of a novel archaeal phylum or a fast-evolving euryarchaeal lineage related to Thermococcales?

2005160 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Céline Brochier‐Armanet · Aix-Marseille Université

Fabrice Confalonieri · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Abstract

We suggest that N. equitans may more probably be the representative of a fast-evolving euryarchaeal lineage (possibly related to Thermococcales) than the representative of a novel and early diverging archaeal phylum.

Topics & Keywords

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Genome biology

Volume 6, Issue 5, pp. R42-R42

DOI: 10.1186/gb-2005-6-5-r42

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6.68

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